<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cardinals-news-miles-mikolas-bluntly-calls-out-player-to-blame-st-louis-struggles');   ga('set', 'title', 'Miles Mikolas bluntly calls out player partly to blame for Cardinals’ struggles');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Thumbs-1.jpeg"></figure><h1>Miles Mikolas bluntly calls out player partly to blame for Cardinals’ struggles</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-09T06:03:19-07:00">August 9th, 6:03am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-09T06:03:19-07:00">August 9th, 6:03am</time><address><a>Colin Gallant</a>Colin Gallant has been writing about sports since covering the local high school teams as a freshman in Ontario, Canada over a decade ago. He has a Masters degree in journalism, a passion for all sports, especially hockey, and a laser focus on winning more fantasy championships. He joined ClutchPoints in 2022.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Despite a solid outing from starting pitcher Miles Mikolas, the St. Louis Cardinals <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-rays-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-8-8-2023" rel="noopener">lost again on Tuesday night</a> — and the veteran <a href="https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/news/miles-mikolas-dazzles-in-cardinals-loss-to-rays" rel="noopener">partly blames himself</a> for the team’s continued struggles.</p><p>“Guys like [Paul Goldschmidt] and myself — older guys who are team leaders — I feel like part of this is my fault,” Mikolas said after the team’s 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, per MLB.com.</p><p>“I <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-news-miles-mikolas-plan-after-suspension-for-ian-happ-hit-revealed" rel="noopener">didn’t pitch to my abilities</a> early in the season. Bad breaks? Maybe. But did I pitch as well as I could have? I didn’t have a good early part of the season, and you’re counting on a guy to anchor the rotation. I’m eating up innings, but not always in a great way. There’s some season left and we’re still in it mathematically, so I hear. But we’ve got to give it everything we’ve got the rest of the season.”</p><p>Admittedly, the Cards are in a brutal spot, sitting in the basement of the NL Central with an abysmal 49-65 record.</p><p>Mikolas pitched well at Tropicana Field on this occasion, hurling 6 1/3 innings of scoreless ball before allowing a solo home run to Isaac Paredes. He was still able to get through the seventh inning, taking a 1-1 game into the eighth. But then things fell apart again.</p><p>“On Tuesday, Mikolas saw a slicing liner hit by Josh Lowe to open the eighth inning narrowly miss Dylan Carlson’s glove in left-center field for a triple. Four singles later — on three ground balls and one line drive off reliever Andre Pallante — and the Cardinals were on their way to another frustrating loss,” wrote MLB.com’s John Denton.</p><p>The Cardinals were able to muster just two runs in the contest, one on a solo home run from Nolan Arenado in the second inning and another in the ninth from Willson Contreras.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Miles Mikolas bluntly calls out player partly to blame for Cardinals’ struggles

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cardinals-news-miles-mikolas-plan-after-suspension-for-ian-happ-hit-revealed');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas’ plan after suspension for Ian Happ hit, revealed');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Cardinals-news-St.-Louis_-Miles-Mikolas-plan-after-suspension-for-Ian-Happ-hit-revealed.jpg"></figure><h1>Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas’ plan after suspension for Ian Happ hit, revealed</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-07T22:50:20-07:00">August 7th, 10:50pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-07T22:50:20-07:00">August 7th, 10:50pm</time><address><a>Poch de la Rosa</a>Poch has been following the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAA basketball, NCAA football, and other sports for more than 30 years. He has written for publications such as Bleacher Report, I4U News, BuySideSports, Swimsuits &amp; Sports Magazine, The Cold Wire, Pro Football History, and Defiant Takes Football since 2011. Whenever he's not writing about sports, he loves spending time with his wife and son, watching sports events, reading sports biographies and autobiographies, collecting sports apparel and memorabilia, working out, and playing the piano.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Now that St. Louis Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas has served his five-game suspension for plunking the Chicago Cubs’ Ian Happ, the team’s fan base keenly awaits his return.</p><p>They don’t have to wait any longer: Mikolas <a href="https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/news/st-louis-cardinals-pitcher-miles-mikolas-rejoins-rotation-against-tampa-bay-rays-after-serving-5-game-suspension">will take the mound</a> against the Tampa Bay Rays on August 8, per the Cardinals’ official website (via SI.com’s Sam Connon).</p><p>MLB commissioner Rob Manfred <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-news-cardinals-miles-mikolas-slapped-with-5-game-suspension-after-plunking-cubs-ian-happ">suspended Mikolas five games</a> after the latter hit Happ with a pitch on July 27. Happ hit St. Louis catcher Wilson Contreras on the head in his previous at-bat. Mikolas beaned Happ in the lower back area two pitches later.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Willson Contreras left the game after getting hit by Ian Happ on his backswing.</p><p>Two pitches later, Miles Mikolas hit Happ with a pitch and was ejected from the game.</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/BallySportsMW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BallySportsMW</a>)<a href="https://t.co/iUODXbIBVu">pic.twitter.com/iUODXbIBVu</a></p><p>— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1684715626420441088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The umpires convened and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-news-miles-mikolas-ejected-hitting-ian-happ-willson-contreras-injury">threw Mikolas out</a> of the game. Although the Cardinals pitcher didn’t comment on hitting Happ, he wanted everybody to know he was going to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-news-miles-mikolas-ejection-cubs-ian-happ-willson-contreras-injury">defend Contreras</a> and his teammates.</p><p>“In any circumstance, I’ve got Wilson’s back; he’s my catcher. I consider him a really good friend now. Any single one of these guys in this locker room, I go to bat for them 100 percent. That’s something we as a team believe in, always having each other’s backs. I guess that’s what the umpires thought I was doing (purposefully hitting Happ), and it’s unfortunate there was no warning or anything,” Mikolas said.</p><h2><b>Can Miles Mikolas and the Cardinals get their act together when he returns?</b></h2><p>Mikolas dropped his appeal on his suspension and sat out the Cardinals’ next five games. His long layoff doesn’t bode well heading into the showdown against the Rays on Tuesday. He has an abysmal 10.00 ERA when he takes the mound after six days of rest.</p><p>Hopefully, Miles Mikolas’ time off the mound gave him valuable time to regain his bearings. The Cardinals are in last place in the NL Central division with a 49-64 win-loss record as of this writing. If they don’t get their act together soon, they are in danger of missing the postseason for the first time in five years.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas’ plan after suspension for Ian Happ hit, revealed

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cardinals-news-miles-mikolas-goes-full-big-lebowski-with-perfect-shirt-after-flurry-of-trade-deadline-moves');   ga('set', 'title', 'Miles Mikolas goes full Big Lebowski with perfect shirt after flurry of Cardinals trade deadline moves');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Miles-Mikolas-Cardinals.jpg"></figure><h1>Miles Mikolas goes full Big Lebowski with perfect shirt after flurry of Cardinals trade deadline moves</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-01T23:27:24-07:00">August 1st, 11:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-01T23:56:49-07:00">August 1st, 11:56pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>A Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, Rex claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The trade deadline has left the St. Louis Cardinals with a new-look roster, with the departures of key players. Miles Mikolas isn’t one of the players sent packing for another team ahead of Tuesday’s deadline, but he must still be feeling the sting of losing teammates and friends to trades. In any case, he understands that MLB is a business-driven league and that everything in its orbit will just have to abide by its nature.</p><p>Perhaps nothing encapsulates the notion for Miles Mikolas better than the shirt he showed up with when he was interviewed by reporters following Tuesday’s 3-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins at home, as noted by John Denton of MLB.com:</p><p><i>#STLCards RHP Miles Mikolas with the perfect T-shirt to sum up the team’s personnel losses at the MLB Trade Deadline: “Yeah, you know, we’ve we lost some friends, but life goes on. So, you know, the sun’s gonna come up tomorrow and we got a ballgame.”</i></p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/STLCards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#STLCards</a> RHP Miles Mikolas with the perfect T-shirt to sum up the team’s personnel losses at the MLB Trade Deadline: “Yeah, you know, we've we lost some friends, but life goes on. So, you know, the sun's gonna come up tomorrow and we got a ballgame.” <a href="https://t.co/p6b3Uqptjo">pic.twitter.com/p6b3Uqptjo</a></p><p>— John Denton (@JohnDenton555) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnDenton555/status/1686569179703398402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Cardinals were <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/orioles-news-baltimore-finalizing-jack-flaherty-trade-cardinals" rel="noopener">one of the busiest teams</a> in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blue-jays-news-toronto-acquires-jordan-hicks-trade-cardinals" rel="noopener">lead-up to the trade deadline</a>. They parted ways with right-handed pitchers Jack Flaherty, and Jordan Hicks, lefty Jordan Montgomery, and shortstop Paul DeJong.</p><p>It has been a season full of struggles for St. Louis, which was widely viewed as a potential seller long before the deadline. Following their loss to the Twins, the Cardinals dropped to 47-61. They are 11.5 games outside of first place in the National League Central division and are also behind the last Wild Card in the NL by the same number of games. Their <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds" rel="noopener">odds of making the playoffs</a> are at a microscopic 0.6%, per FanGraphs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Miles Mikolas goes full Big Lebowski with perfect shirt after flurry of Cardinals trade deadline moves

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He has written 10 books, including "Who's Better, Who's Best in the NFL." He has won multiple awards from the Pro Football Writers of America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Miles Mikolas played innocent after he hit Chicago Cubs outfielder Ian Happ with a first-inning pitch Thursday night, but Major League Baseball was not buying that explanation and delivered a <a href="https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1685051432364642304" rel="noopener">5-game suspension</a> to the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nolan-arenado-best-trade-destinations-cardinals" rel="noopener">St. Louis Cardinals</a> right-handed pitcher.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">St. Louis Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas was suspended 5 games for intentionally hitting <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cubs</a> Ian Happ last night.</p><p>— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) <a href="https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1685051432364642304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The incident occurred shortly after Happ pounded Cardinals catcher Wilson Contreras with his follow through when finishing his swing. Contreras was cut on the scalp after taking the hit to the head from his former teammate. Happ attempted to show his remorse by hugging Contreras after the incident, but apparently that did not satisfy Mikolas.</p><p>He came inside to Happ on the next pitch and then hit him with his next delivery. Mikolas was thrown out of the game at that point and the suspension was issued less than 24 hours later.</p><p>Mikolas was not the only Cardinal to pay a price. St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol was also <a href="https://twitter.com/Feinsand/status/1685052110394503168" rel="noopener">suspended for a game</a> and fined for the intentional pitch.</p><p>While Happ made his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-news-cubs-ian-happ-scary-moment-willson-contreras" rel="noopener">apologetic gesture</a> towards Contreras, the Cardinals were unhappy that several of the Cubs appeared to be laughing about the incident. That’s why Mikolas took matters into his own hands.</p><p>Marmol explained that the Cardinals were upset with the attitude they saw from the Cubs. “Correct, guys weren’t happy about the other side just laughing about the situation,” <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/au/mlb/news/cardinals-miles-mikolas-ejected-ian-happ-willson-contreras/uxa0mqphgibwxrvdnfrbqr2m" rel="noopener">Marmol said</a>. “I mean, we had a catcher go down and he’s bleeding, they took offense to that, umpire and Jack were having a conversation and led to my ejection.”</p><p>The 5-game suspension means that Miles Mikolas will miss one turn in the Cardinals pitching rotation.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cardinals’ Miles Mikolas slapped with 5-game suspension after plunking Cubs’ Ian Happ

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Previously, I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Sport Management, and for awhile I ran my own sports website. Sports are my passion, and I thoroughly enjoy writing about my thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. I have been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston, and love discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The St. Louis Cardinals suffered another ugly loss on Thursday against the Chicago Cubs, who throttled them by a score of 10-3. This game got off on the wrong foot from the get-go for St. Louis, who saw their starting pitcher in Miles Mikolas get <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-news-miles-mikolas-ejected-hitting-ian-happ-willson-contreras-injury" rel="noopener">ejected</a> after just three batters for hitting Ian Happ after Happ’s backswing hit Willson Contreras on the head and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cardinals-news-cubs-ian-happ-scary-moment-willson-contreras" rel="noopener">forced him out of the game</a>.</p><p>Mikolas responded to this by hitting Happ, and it quickly led to his ejection, with umpires deciding that he retaliated against Happ here. Mikolas wasn’t too thrilled by the umpires’ decision, and neither was the Cardinals broadcast team, who were <a href="https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1684719202446544896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1684719202446544896%7Ctwgr%5E8d8a3eae9a35de61fa7a0ce942cb13589a5b7084%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.clutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D2338736action%3Dedit" rel="noopener">livid</a> that Mikolas was being ejected for hitting one batter early in the game.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Miles Mikolas throwing at Ian Happ, and then being ejected, as seen and heard on Bally Sports Midwest (Cardinals).</p><p>"COME ON! YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! HAVE A LITTLE FEEL FOR BASEBALL! HAVE A LITTLE FEEL FOR THE GAME! THAT'S AWFUL"- Brad Thompson <a href="https://t.co/y3cTZo1OiN">https://t.co/y3cTZo1OiN</a> <a href="https://t.co/IUTU4ij8pV">pic.twitter.com/IUTU4ij8pV</a></p><p>— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href="https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1684719202446544896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>There’s no telling whether or not Mikolas was intentionally trying to hit Happ here, but it certainly looked like he was. However, typically this would usually result in a warning for both sides, but the umpires here disagreed, and opted to immediately toss Mikolas, leading to his meltdown from the Cardinals broadcasters as a result.</p><p>For St. Louis fans, this is likely wildly aggravating, but fans elsewhere will likely get a kick at this reaction. Ejecting Mikolas probably wasn’t the best outcome the umpires could have made here, but still, the reaction from these commentators is a little bit overboard. Either way, this was another brutal loss for the Cardinals, and they will surely be hoping that Mikolas can stay in the game for longer than three batters the next time he takes the mound.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
515	5.35	122	1.28	10

2024 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
515	5.35	122	1.28	10

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